Early neutralizing antibody response against mouse mammary tumor virus: critical role of viral infection and superantigen-reactive T cells.

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serval:BIB_661
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
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Publications
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Title
Early neutralizing antibody response against mouse mammary tumor virus: critical role of viral infection and superantigen-reactive T cells.
Journal
Journal of Immunology
Author(s)
Luther S.A., Maillard I., Luthi F., Scarpellino L., Diggelmann H., Acha-Orbea H.
ISSN
0022-1767 (Print)
ISSN-L
0022-1767
Publication state
Published
Issued date
1997
Volume
159
Number
6
Pages
2807-2814
Language
english
Abstract
Infectious mouse mammary tumor virus (MMTV) is a retrovirus that expresses a superantigen shortly after infection of B cells. The superantigen first drives the polyclonal activation and proliferation of superantigen-reactive CD4+ T cells, which then induce the infected B cells to proliferate and differentiate. Part of the MMTV-induced B cell response leads to the production of Abs that are specific for the viral envelope protein gp52. Here we show that this Ab response has virus-neutralizing activity and confers protection against superinfection by other MMTV strains in vivo as soon as 4 to 7 days after infection. A protective Ab titer is maintained lifelong. Viral infection as well as the superantigen-induced T-B collaboration are required to generate this rapid and long lasting neutralizing Ab response. Polyclonal or superantigen-independent B cell activation, on the contrary, does not lead to detectable virus neutralization. The early onset of this superantigen-dependent neutralizing response suggests that viral envelope-specific B cells are selectively recruited to form part of the extrafollicular B cell response and are subsequently amplified and maintained by superantigen-reactive Th cells.
Keywords
Animals, Antibodies, Viral/immunology, B-Lymphocytes/immunology, CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/immunology, CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/virology, Immunity, Lymphocyte Activation/immunology, Mammary Tumor Virus, Mouse/immunology, Mice, Mice, Inbred BALB C, Retroviridae Infections/immunology, Superantigens/immunology, Tumor Virus Infections/immunology
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